ARCUS Atlas record
Ponte delle Fucine
Total collapse of the Ponte delle Fucine over the Bormida river at Murialdo (Savona, Liguria) on the afternoon of 24 November 2016, during the major flood event that struck Piemonte and Liguria (21-25 November 2016) with rainfall comparable to the 1994 alluvione del Piemonte. The Bormida flood sheared off the bridge span, isolating approximately 40 families in the borgate Conradi and Pallareto. The mayor declared the situation 'dramatic'; a temporary ford was installed as an emergency measure. The event prompted significant debate on bridge hydraulic design standards, as the old bridge had zero freeboard against the 200-year flood. A new 57-metre single-span steel bridge was inaugurated in October 2021 after €1.76 million of Regione Liguria funding. Documentazione Regione Liguria (ricostruzione): il vecchio ponte aveva franco idraulico nullo rispetto alla piena bicentennale e pile in alveo con rischio di ostruzione al deflusso; la piena del Bormida ha tranciato la campata. Il nuovo ponte elimina tali criticita' (campata unica, franco 1,5 m). [Il database Polimi (D'Angelo et al. 2025, S3, record P127, dec=1) classifica invece il processo come: erosione laterale di sponda + carico idraulico sulla struttura.]
- ARCUS ID
- IT16.11.02
- Date
- 2016-11-24
- Municipality
- Murialdo
- Province
- Savona
- Region
- Liguria
- Coordinates
- 44.308, 8.1211 · exact location
- Crossing
- Bormida stream
- Use
- Municipal
- Severity
- TC
- Structural type
- Beam bridge
- Material
- Reinforced concrete
- Cause category
- Natural
- Specific cause
- Hydraulic
- Failure trigger
- Flood
- Failure process
- Overtopping / hydrodynamic action
- Component involved
- Deck / superstructure
- Cause evidence
- Probable
- Source confidence
- High
- Victims
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
Documentary sources (3)
- Situazione "drammatica" a Murialdo: ponte crollato, borgate Conradi e Pallareto isolate (News · IVG · 2016-11-24)
- Murialdo: inaugurato nuovo Ponte delle Fucine dopo alluvione 2016 (Official/Technical · Regione Liguria · 2021-10-25)
- Alluvione in Liguria e Piemonte novembre 2016 – evento e danni (Official/Technical · CNR-IRPI · 2017-01-05)